Choosing the Right Toys Getting the Most for Your Toy Dollar Birth - Five Months Mobile - Make sure it is slanted so baby can see. Bold color and contrast picture or black and white geometrical shapes Safe, unbreakable mirror for crib. Music box Crib gym Teething Ring Clutch ball Six -14 Months Bathtub toys (plastic containers, sponges, bath toys with water wheels and squirters) Toys with doors and hinges Books with thick, durable pages Nesting objects such as Tupperware or barrels Simple mechanical toys such as Sesame Street Poppin Pals 14 - 24 Months Riding toys - 4-wheel wagon or low horses (leg powered) Pull and push toys Stacking toys Simple puzzles and shape sorters Sandboxes/Wading pools - with appropriate tools Toy telephones Picture books All kinds of balls Cardboard boxes and old cushions 24 - 36 Months Riding toys such as a low and sturdy tricycles, big wheel Indoor/Outdoor gyms (play should be supervised) Storybooks Art supplies to include crayons, finger and brush paints, and non-toxic Play-Doh Blocks wooden or new modern versions Theme toys that include dollhouses, farms, gas stations, parking garages Sit 'n Spin